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Origin. Region of origin. Spain. Other names. Variant form (s) Rodigrue, Rodriques, Roderickson. Rodríguez ( Spanish pronunciation: [roˈðɾiɣeθ], [roˈðɾiɣes]) is a Spanish patronymic surname of Germanic origin (meaning Son of Rodrigo; Germanic: Roderickson) and a common surname in Spain, Latin America.
Aug 9, 2023 · Rodriguez, a Detroit musician whose songs, full of protest and stark imagery from the urban streets, failed to find an American audience in the early 1970s but resonated in Australia and ...
James Rodríguez. James David Rodríguez Rubio (born 12 July 1991) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Brasileirão club São Paulo and captains the Colombia national team.
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Early life
Sixto Diaz Rodriguez was born on July 10, 1942, in Detroit, Michigan. He was the sixth child of Mexican immigrant working-class parents. His mother died when he was three years old. They had joined a large influx of Mexicans who came to the Midwest to work in Detroit's industries. Mexican immigrants at that time faced both intense alienation and marginalization. In most of his songs, Rodriguez takes a political stance on the difficulties that faced the inner-citypoor.
Recording career
In 1967, using the name "Rod Riguez" (given by his record label), he released a single, "I'll Slip Away", on the small Impact label. He did not record again for three years, until he signed with Sussex Records, then an offshoot of Buddah Records. He used his preferred professional name, "Rodriguez", after that. He recorded two albums with Sussex, Cold Fact in 1970 and Coming from Reality in November 1971. However, both sold few copies in the U.S. and he was dropped by Sussex two weeks before...
International fame
Although Rodriguez remained relatively unknown in his home country, by the mid-1970s his albums were starting to gain significant airplay in Australia, Botswana, New Zealand, Zimbabweand South Africa. When imported copies of his Sussex albums were sold out, an Australian record label, Blue Goose Music, bought the Australian rights to his recordings. Blue Goose released his two studio albums as well as a compilation album, At His Best, that featured unreleased recordings from 1973 – "Can't Get...
In March 2013, Rolling Stone wrote that Rodriguez was suffering from glaucomaand was going blind. The disease had by then dramatically limited his vision and forced him to walk very slowly and often clutched to someones else's arm. They quoted Rodriguez as saying “I’m still able to make out some people in the crowd at my shows”. In August 2022, Le ...
Albums
Studio albums 1. 1970: Cold Fact, Sussex 2. 1971: Coming from Reality, Sussex Live albums 1. 1981: Rodriguez Alive, Blue Goose Music(Australia) 2. 1998: Live Fact, Columbia(South Africa) 3. 2016: Rodriguez Rocks: Live In Australia, Inertia(Australia) Compilations 1. 1976: After the Fact (reissue of Coming from Reality) (South Africa) 2. 1977: At His Best, Blue Goose Music(Australia) 3. 1996: The Best of Rodriguez (South Africa) 4. 2005: Sugarman: The Best of Rodriguez, PT Music(South Africa)...
Singles
Singles featured in "Sugar Man" is also included in the 2006 Australian film Candy.
Rodriguez at IMDbSixto Rodriguez discography at DiscogsAug 9, 2023 · Sixto Rodriguez, the musician and subject of the documentary Searching for Sugar Man, has died aged 81. The Detroit-born singer's official website confirmed he died on Tuesday.
Jul 12, 1991 · James Rodríguez, 32, from Colombia São Paulo Futebol Clube, since 2023 Attacking Midfield Market value: €3.50m * Jul 12, 1991 in Cúcuta, Colombia.
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